• Zink@programming.dev
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    12 hours ago

    That’s easy to agree with in isolation, but many times on the main roads near me the normal flow of traffic in the slow lane can be 20 over. Driving at or below the speed limit would create a significantly more dangerous situation than cruising along at the same speed as the nearest several cars.

    Yeah, you’d be operating in a more legal way, and the faster drivers around you should be able to safely deal with it, but that doesn’t mean the risk isn’t there.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      10 hours ago

      This. Speed limit laws are bullshit and their selective enforcement is proof of it.

      The dangerous drivers are the ones that are impeding the flow (i.e. going well below the speed limit when road/weather conditions don’t necessitate it; cruising in a passing lane, etc) or driving unpredictably/erratically (cutting people off, weaving, etc).

      Not necessarily the speeders, though there can certainly be some overlap, particularly in the latter group.

      But speeders are the ones that get ticketed over while those asshats just crash into schoolbusses.

    • Ryktes@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      This is a bullshit talking point used by psychopaths to try to justify their antisocial behavior. If the people around you are going so fast that just doing the speed limit becomes unsafe, they are the ones wholly responsible for creating those unsafe conditions. They are driving faster than the conditions (and let’s be real, their own ability) would reasonably allow for, they are the only ones that should be held responsible for the consequences of their freakish behavior.